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3 Days to Kill (2014) poster

2014 · action · drama · thriller

3 Days to Kill

Directed by McG1h 53m2014

A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years, while his wife is out of town.

Our read: 3 Days to Kill (2014) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · drama · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

Movie DNA

Sombre, breathless, extreme action / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb6.2101kRT27%Metacritic40
  • sombre
  • kinetic
  • extreme
  • twisty
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DNA · twelve axes

How 3 Days to Kill feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want breezy Luc Besson action about a dying spy reconnecting with his daughter.”

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Skip it tonight — Skip if sloppy violence and teen-peril subplots will pull you out.

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